| 100% | WINS | 4 | Has the lowest score, as in golf |
| 55% | TYING | 5 | Having the same score as |
| 52% | LOSES | 5 | Has the highest golf score |
| 50% | TIED | 4 | Having the exact same score in a game |
| 49% | BOGIES | 6 | In golf, these score as +1 on a hole |
| 49% | ENHARMONIC | 10 | Having the same pitch but written differently, in a score |
| 47% | ALT | 3 | Delaware has the lowest mean one in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 44% | TUBA | 4 | Lowest-pitched brass instrument that serves as the bass in an orchestra |
| 44% | VLEI | 4 | Low marshy ground in South Africa such as the Umgeni — |
| 44% | LOWEST | 6 | Like the winning score in a golf match |
| 44% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 44% | ISSUANT | 7 | Having only the forepart visible, as a beast in heraldry |
| 43% | CRENELED | 8 | Having gaps in the top, as a castle wall |
| 43% | ONEUNDERPAR | 11 | Golf score, or a description of the 18 hidden 65-Down in this puzzle |
| 42% | HANDICAP | 8 | Equalizer, as in golf |
| 42% | ROUGHDISPATCH | 13 | Message such as "Still looking for my golf ball in the tall grass"? |
| 42% | RAMS | 4 | Losers of the lowest-scoring Super Bowl in history, in 2019 |
| 42% | DOM | 3 | Actor DeLuise who has a cameo as Bernie the Agent in "The Muppet Movie" |
| 42% | COUTURE | 7 | Randy ___, former MMA athlete who has participated in the Olympics as a wrestling alternate |
| 42% | COLDFRONT | 9 | It ushers in lower temperatures ... and what the answers to starred clues can have |
| 41% | SANK | 4 | Put in the cup, as a golf ball |
| 41% | PAR | 3 | Score standard in golf |
| 41% | PAR | 3 | Scoring goal in golf |
| 41% | PARRED | 6 | Scored average in golf |
| 40% | HADRIAN | 7 | Roman emperor who had a wall built in Britain as a defence against the northern tribes |
| 40% | DAST | 4 | Has the nerve, in Dogpatch |
| 40% | SHIN | 4 | The lower foreleg in beef |
| 40% | STARRED | 7 | Had the lead role in |
| 40% | KNEW | 4 | Had the information in mind |
| 40% | HOLEINONE | 9 | The best score one can get in golf, also called ace, and is a very rare occurrence: 3 wds. |